1839 Paradise Lost John Milton English Poetry Allegory
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1839 Paradise Lost John Milton English Poetry Allegory English Adam & Eve
“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost
A fine printing of John Milton’s most famous work, ‘Paradise Lost’.
‘Paradise Lost’ follows the biblical story of the Fall of Man and the temptation of Adam and Eve. Milton himself states that purpose for this book was to “Justify the ways of God to Men”. It covers the characters Adam, Eve, and Satan and the roles each played in the development of religious culture and idolatry.
It was critically acclaimed and well-received by many famed personalities, including Samuel Johnson who states.
“[Paradise Lost shows] Milton’s peculiar power to astonish…and he seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was the Nature had bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others: the power of displaying the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful.
Item number: #14016
Price: $399
MILTON, John
Paradise lost, a poem in twelve books, with explanatory notes and a life of the author,
Philadelphia, James Kay, junior & brother; Pittsburgh, C.H. Kay & Co., 1839.
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages
xi, [1], 312
References: John Leonard’s “Introduction” to Paradise Lost;
Provenance: Gilt Emboss – Miranda S. Bartlett
Language: English
Binding: Leather; tight & secure
Size: ~6.25in X 4in (16cm x 10cm)
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14016
“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost
A fine printing of John Milton’s most famous work, ‘Paradise Lost’.
‘Paradise Lost’ follows the biblical story of the Fall of Man and the temptation of Adam and Eve. Milton himself states that purpose for this book was to “Justify the ways of God to Men”. It covers the characters Adam, Eve, and Satan and the roles each played in the development of religious culture and idolatry.
It was critically acclaimed and well-received by many famed personalities, including Samuel Johnson who states.
“[Paradise Lost shows] Milton’s peculiar power to astonish…and he seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was the Nature had bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others: the power of displaying the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful.
Item number: #14016
Price: $399
MILTON, John
Paradise lost, a poem in twelve books, with explanatory notes and a life of the author,
Philadelphia, James Kay, junior & brother; Pittsburgh, C.H. Kay & Co., 1839.
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages
xi, [1], 312
References: John Leonard’s “Introduction” to Paradise Lost;
Provenance: Gilt Emboss – Miranda S. Bartlett
Language: English
Binding: Leather; tight & secure
Size: ~6.25in X 4in (16cm x 10cm)
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.
Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation!
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